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Object-Oriented Software Engineering
Chapter 11: Integrationand System Testing
Integration Testing Strategy
Subsystem = ?
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The entire system is viewed as a collection of subsystems (sets
of classes) determined during the system and object design.
The order in which the subsystems are selected for testing and
integration determines the testing strategy
 Big bang integration (Nonincremental)
 Bottom up integration
 Top down integration
 Sandwich testing
 Variations of the above
For the selection use the system decomposition from the
System Design
Recall: OO vs. architecture vs. design pattern vs. RE – all moving targets
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Example: Three Layer Call Hierarchy
A
C
B
E
Layer I
F
D
Layer II
G
Layer III
What would A, B and D look like?
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Integration Testing: Big-Bang Approach
Unit Test
A
Don’t try this!
Unit Test
B
Unit Test
C
System Test
Unit Test
D
Unit Test
E
Unit Test
F
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Bottom-up Integration
A
C
B
Test E
E
Layer I
F
D
G
Layer II
Layer III
Test B, E, F
Test F
Test C
Test
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G
Test D,G
Test G
Special program needed to do the testing, Test Driver:
A routine that calls a subsystem and passes a test case to it
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Pros and Cons of bottom up integration testing
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Bad for functionally decomposed systems:
 Tests the most important subsystem (UI) last
Useful for integrating the following systems
 Object-oriented systems
 real-time systems
 systems with strict performance requirements
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Top-down Integration Testing
A
C
B
E
Test A
Test A, B, C, D
Layer I
D
G
F
Layer II
Layer III
Test
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G
Layer I
Layer I + II
All Layers
Special program is needed to do the testing, Test stub :
A program or a method that simulates the activity of a missing subsystem by answering to the
calling sequence of the calling subsystem and returning back fake data.
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Pros and Cons of top-down integration testing
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Test cases can be defined in terms of the functionality of the
system (functional requirements) Is this enough?
Writing stubs can be difficult: Stubs must allow all possible
conditions to be tested.
Possibly a very large number of stubs may be required,
especially if the lowest level of the system contains many
methods.
One solution to avoid too many stubs: Modified top-down
testing strategy
 Test each layer of the system decomposition individually
before merging the layers
 Disadvantage of modified top-down testing: Both, stubs
and drivers are needed
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Sandwich Testing Strategy
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Combines top-down strategy with bottom-up strategy
The system is view as having three layers
 A target layer in the middle
 A layer above the target
 A layer below the target
 Testing converges at the target layer
How do you select the target layer if there are more than 3
layers?
 Heuristic: Try to minimize the number of stubs and
drivers
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Sandwich Testing Strategy
A
C
B
Test E
Bottom
Layer
Tests
E
Layer I
F
D
G
Layer II
Layer III
up
Test B, E, F
Test F
Test D,G
Test
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G
Test G
Test A,B,C, D
Top
Layer
Tests
Test A
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Pros and Cons of Sandwich Testing
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Top and Bottom Layer Tests can be done in parallel
Does not test the individual subsystems thoroughly before
integration
Solution: Modified sandwich testing strategy Self reading exercise
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Modified Sandwich Testing Strategy
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Self reading exercise
Test in parallel:
 Middle layer with drivers and stubs
 Top layer with stubs
 Bottom layer with drivers
Test in parallel:
 Top layer accessing middle layer (top layer replaces
drivers)
 Bottom accessed by middle layer (bottom layer replaces
stubs)
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Self reading exercise
Modified Sandwich Testing Strategy
Double
Test I
A
Test B
C
B
Test E
Triple
Test I
Triple
Test I
Test B, E, F
E
F
D
G
Layer II
Layer III
Double
Test II
Test F
Double
Test II
Layer I
Test D
Test D,G
Test
A, B, C, D,
E, F, G
Test G
Test A,C
Test A
Test C
Double
Test I
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Self reading
Steps in Integration-Testing
1. Based on the integration strategy,
select a component to be tested.
Unit test all the classes in the
component.
2.. Put selected component together;
do any preliminary fix-up
necessary to make the integration
test operational (drivers, stubs)
3. Do functional testing: Define test
cases that exercise all uses cases
with the selected component
What is the relationship among packages,
classes, components, interactions, activities,
deployments and use cases?
4. Do structural testing: Define test
cases that exercise the selected
component
5. Execute performance tests
6. Keep records of the test cases and
testing activities.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 7 until the full
system is tested.
The primary goal of integration
testing is to identify errors in the
(current) component configuration.
What would be model-driven software testing?
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Which Integration Strategy should you use?
 Factors to consider
 Amount of test harness
(stubs &drivers) big cost
 Location of critical parts in
the system what?
 Availability of hardware
 Availability of components
 Scheduling concerns
 Bottom up approach
 good for object oriented
design methodologies
 Test driver interfaces must
match component interfaces
 ...
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 ...Top-level components are
usually important and
cannot be neglected up to the
end of testing
 Detection of design errors
postponed until end of
testing
 Top down approach
 Test cases can be defined in
terms of functions examined
 Need to maintain correctness
of test stubs
 Writing stubs can be difficult
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System Testing
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Functional Testing
Structure Testing
Performance Testing
Acceptance Testing
Installation Testing
Impact of requirements on system testing:
 The more explicit the requirements, the easier they are to test.
 Quality of use cases determines the ease of functional testing
 Quality of subsystem decomposition determines the ease of
structure testing
 Quality of nonfunctional requirements and constraints determines
the ease of performance tests:
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Self reading
Structure Testing
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Essentially the same as white box testing.
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Goal: Cover all paths in the system design
 Exercise all input and output parameters of each component.
What’s a a component again?
 Exercise all components and all calls (each component is called at
least once and every component is called by all possible callers.)
How do we know about all possible callers?
 Use conditional and iteration testing as in unit testing.
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Functional Testing
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Essentially
the same as black box testing
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Goal: Test functionality of system
Test cases are designed from the requirements analysis
document (better: user manual) and centered around
requirements and key functions (use cases)
What’s in a use case?
What do we test
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The system is treated as black box.
Unit test cases can be reused, but in end user oriented new test
cases have to be developed as well.
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Performance Testing
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Stress Testing
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 Stress limits of system (maximum # of
users, peak demands, extended
operation)
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Compatibility test
 Try to violate security requirements
Recovery testing
 Tests system’s response to
presence of errors or loss of
data.
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Security testing
Quality testing
 Test reliability, maintain- ability
& availability of the system
 Test backward compatibility with
existing systems
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Environmental test
 Test tolerances for heat,
humidity, motion, portability
Configuration testing
 Test the various software and
hardware configurations
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 Evaluate response times and
time to perform a function
Volume testing
 Test what happens if large amounts of
data are handled
Timing testing
Human factors testing
 Tests user interface with user
Is this list enough? What are the 2 types of requirements?
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Test Cases for Performance Testing
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Push the (integrated) system to its limits.
Goal: Try to break the subsystem
Test how the system behaves when overloaded.
 Can bottlenecks be identified? (First candidates for redesign in the
next iteration
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Try unusual orders of execution
 Call a receive() before send()
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Check the system’s response to large volumes of data
 If the system is supposed to handle 1000 items, try it with 1001
items.
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What is the amount of time spent in different use cases?
 Are typical cases executed in a timely fashion?
How many abnormal/exceptional cases can there be?
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Acceptance Testing
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Goal: Demonstrate system is
ready for operational use
 Choice of tests is made by
client/sponsor
 Many tests can be taken
from integration testing
 Acceptance test is performed
by the client, not by the
developer.
Majority of all bugs in software is
typically found by the client after
the system is in use, not by the
developers or testers. Therefore
two kinds of additional tests:
 Alpha test:
 Sponsor uses the software at
the developer’s site.
 Software used in a controlled
setting, with the developer
always ready to fix bugs.
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Beta test:
 Conducted at sponsor’s site
(developer is not present)
 Software gets a realistic
workout in target environment
 Potential customer might get
discouraged
What’s ethnomethodology?
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Testing has its own Life Cycle
Establish the test objectives
Design the test cases
Write the test cases
Test the test cases
Execute the tests
Evaluate the test results
Change the system
Do regression testing
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Albert Einstein - We can't solve problems
by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them.
Test Team
Professional
Tester
Programmer
too familiar
with code
Analyst
User
Test
Team
System
Designer
Configuration
Management
Specialist
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Summary
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Testing is still a black art, but many rules and heuristics are
available
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Testing consists of component-testing (unit testing, integration
testing) and system testing
Design Patterns can be used for integration testing
Testing has its own lifecycle
And …
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Additional Slides
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Using the Bridge Pattern to enable early Integration
Testing
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Use the bridge pattern to provide multiple implementations
under the same interface.
Interface to a component that is incomplete, not yet known or
unavailable during testing
VIP
Seat Interface
(in Vehicle Subsystem)
Stub Code
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Seat Implementation
Simulated
Seat (SA/RT)
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Bottom-up Testing Strategy
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The subsystem in the lowest layer of the call hierarchy are
tested individually
Then the next subsystems are tested that call the previously
tested subsystems
This is done repeatedly until all subsystems are included in the
testing
Special program needed to do the testing, Test Driver:
 A routine that calls a subsystem and passes a test case to it
SeatDriver
(simulates VIP)
Seat Interface
(in Vehicle Subsystem)
Simulated
Seat (SA/RT)
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Stub Code
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Top-down Testing Strategy
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Test the top layer or the controlling subsystem first
Then combine all the subsystems that are called by the tested
subsystems and test the resulting collection of subsystems
Do this until all subsystems are incorporated into the test
Special program is needed to do the testing, Test stub :
 A program or a method that simulates the activity of a missing
subsystem by answering to the calling sequence of the calling
subsystem and returning back fake data.
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Scheduling Sandwich Tests: Example of a
Dependency Chart
Unit Tests
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Double Tests
Triple Tests
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